After the order, pizza cooks immediately bake pizzas. Since this performance is exhibited in front of your counter, you can feel an irresistible savory smell.
Of course there are knives and forks at the counter. But after cutting, the most delicious way to eat is with your hands!!
Cut into bite-size pieces like this! Be careful not to slop good tomato source from a tip. Let's eat quickly by hands!!
On the wall a handwritten menu is posted like this. Good luck to order!
At night you can enjoy the local Neapolitan dishes in the restaurant on the 2nd floor. Of course you can order pizzas, but don't forget the best seafood in Naples!
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A calm pizzeria located in the heart of Naples. At lunchtime it becomes crowded and lively with young locals. There is a wood oven just in front of the counter, and aromatic pizzas are baked here. A popular restaurant "Di Matteo" is very close. You can try that pizzeria for lunch and for dinner here Lombardi a S. Chiara. Especially the second floor is very calm. It's possible to enjoy seafood specialties as well as the Neapolitan pizzas! |
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This pizzeria is not introduced on many guidebooks. However it's a hidden place which local people recommend. As soon as you enter, there is a wood pizza oven on your right and there is a counter on your left. If you want a snack or light lunch, you can use this counter of the ground floor. If you prefer to be seated at the table, let's ask a staff to guide you to the upstairs.
Table seats and counter seats have a different price, so you can choose depending on your style.
On the wall at the counter, a long long menu is posted. There are more than 20 types of pizzas! Since it's a handwriting menu, it would be difficult to decipher each ingredient... Who is curious can try different (strange) taste experience. Classic "Margherita", "Marinara" are indispensable. In addition, "Champignon" with mushrooms, "Romana" with anchovy, "Quattro stagioni" with four kinds of vegetables, "Luciana" with shrimp, octopus and squid etc.
On the second floor is a restaurant style. So it's possible to order traditional local dishes: Braised octopus in tomato (Polpi alla Luciano), Fish Soup (Zuppa di Pesce), Seafood pasta, Grilled fish and Fries (Fritti) etc. It's a good restaurant with firm services and white tablecloths. You can enjoy delicious regional cuisine in Naples at moderately prices.
| Name | Pizzeria e Ristorante Lombardi a S. Chiara |
| Address | Via B.Croce, 59-Napoli Italy |
| How to reach | It's located south from Piazza Dante, on the street B. Croce. From the square Gesù Nuovo in the center of the city, go east and see right side. It's easy to find. |
| Phone number | Tel./Fax 0815-520-780 |
| Closed | Sunday and August |
| Menu | Margherita 3.10 euros, Marinara 2.60 euros, Champignon 4.20 euros, Romana (Tomato, Mozzarella, Anchovy) 4.20 euros, Quattro stagioni 4.70 euros, Quattro Formaggi 6.20 euros, Lombardi 4.20 euros, Siciliana 5.20 euros, Francese 5.20 euros, Margherita bianca 3.10 euros, Ortorana 7.00 euros |
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When I couldn't decide a restaurant to have a dinner, I heard about this good restaurant in a cafe near the Piazza Dante. That was Lombardi a S. Chiara, recommended by locals. I used a table seat on the second floor. It was spacious and peaceful, not touristic and less crowded.
I ordered Seafood Linguine pasta, gnocchi in tomato sauce, and fish soup for 2. All of dishes were delicious and wine was good. Also homemade Dolce were nice. In total we paid 45 euros.